Emil Nolde (1867-1956) was born as Emil Hansen in Nolde, a town in the North of Germany. He was initially trained as a woodcarver but started to paint as an independent artist in 1898. Before he settled in 1903 in Alsen during the summer and in…

Christian Schad was born on August 21, 1894 in Miesbach, Upper Bavaria, Germany, and died on February 25, 1982 in Stuttgart, Germany. Before World War I he attended the Munich Academy for a short time. In 1913 his first woodcuts appeared in various…

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976) was born in Rottluff and studied architecture in Dresden with Erich Heckel before they formed, with Bleyl and Kirchner, “die Brücke” in 1905. The group were influenced by the works of Nietzsche and Schmidt-Rottluff…

They were: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938), Erich Heckel (1883-1970), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976) and Fritz Bleyl (who left shortly afterwards). The group was later joined by Max Pechstein (1881-1955), Otto Mueller (1874-1930) and Emil…

Born in Ynsddu, Gwent on June 8th, 1907 into a South Wales colliery family, Trevor Thomas showed a talent for singing as a boy, winning prizes at the Eisteddfods, and he continued to sing through most of his adult life despite being partially…

Original Title Der Blaue Reiter Year of production 1914 Artist Franz Marc and Wassily Kandinsky Medium Book Materials Paper, ink Dimensions height: 29.8 cm; width: 21.6 cm; depth: 1.8 cm Credit Line Gift of Michael Brooks    * You can browse the…

Original Title Der Blaue Reiter Year of Production 1912 Artist Franz Marc and Wassily Kandinsky Medium Book Materials Paper, ink Dimensions height: 29.8 cm; width: 21.6 cm; depth: 1.8 cm Credit Line Purchased * You can browse the entire book…

Nolde had a complete mastery of the watercolour medium. The head, artificially lit from below, appears to have an independent life of its own as it floats into the top left-hand corner of the paper. While the slash of red across the mouth indicates…

Engraving, 1848.

Engraving, 1848.